44% of tillers under crop insurance
SC Asks Why Farmer Suicides Are Up Despite Centre's Much-Hyped Scheme With a spurt in farmers' suicides in the recent past, the Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre's much-hyped crop insurance
Dhananjay Mahapatra
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SC refuses to be drawn into odd-even plan
The Supreme Court on Tuesday disappointed the Arvind Kejriwal government which sought the apex court's stamp of approval on its odd-even car use formula for Delhi but said if it went ahead with its implementation,
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Tackling pollution needs multi-disciplinary approach: Centre
Asked by the Supreme Court whether cracker bursting time could be restricted to between 5 pm and 10 pm on Diwali to curb pollution, the Centre on Tuesday diplomatically parried it, saying air pollution
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SC seeks response from Centre and Delhi on toddlers’ plea to ban crackers
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre, Delhi government and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on three toddlers' petition seeking ban on bursting of crackers this Diwali,
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Environment ministry violates PMO’s merit-only order for appointments, embarrasses govt in SC
The NDA government was embarrassed yet again in the Supreme Court on Thursday when it was found that ministry of environment and forest had appointed 30 advocates as panel lawyers in breach of a year-old
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After 21 years of SC monitoring, Yamuna still stinks like a sewer
Central Pollution Control Board on Thursday told the Supreme Court why the Yamuna in its 22-km course through Delhi mostly stinks like a sewer drain - as against the norm of 5,000 MPN coliform per 100
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Pilot project to reduce elephant births under consideration: West Bengal
The West Bengal government has informed the Supreme Court that it was only evaluating the feasibility and suitability of a WWF-India pilot project proposing administering contraceptive drugs on wild elephants
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Govt: Ganga water unfit for bathing at Allahabad, Varanasi
The water quality of Ganga river at Allahabad and Varanasi, two holy places where millions take a dip, is most unfit for bathing purposes, the Centre informed the Supreme Court. Water becomes unfit
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Don't adopt UPA approach on cleaning Ganga, SC tells NDA
The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the Narendra Modi government against adopting the UPA regime's approach on cleaning the Ganga and said people were eagerly awaiting the Centre's response on this issue
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Centre gets 10 days to set up environment super regulator
The Supreme Court has given 10 days to the Centre to set up a national regulator that would take up comprehensive and independent environmental impact assessment (EIA) of projects, enforce conditions for
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Centre gets 10 days to set up environment super regulator
The Supreme Court has given 10 days to the Centre to set up a national regulator that would take up comprehensive and independent environmental impact assessment (EIA) of projects, enforce conditions for